Chip-type sensor against ESD and stress damages and contamination interference
AssigneeLightuning Tech. Inc.
InventorsBruce C. S. Chou, Wallace Y. W. Cheng, Chen-Chih Fan
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Abstract
A chip-type sensor against ESD and stress damages and contamination interference includes a substrate structure and a protection layer covering over the substrate structure. The protection layer includes, from bottom to top, a first layer for providing a first stress against the substrate structure, a second layer for providing a second stress against the substrate structure, and a third layer for providing a third stress against the substrate structure. The first stress and the third stress belong to one of a tensile stress and a compressive stress, and the second stress belongs to the other of the tensile stress and the compressive stress.
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A chip-type sensor against ESD and stress damages and contamination interference, the chip-type sensor comprising:
- a substrate structure;
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- a protection layer covering over the substrate structure, wherein the protection layer is entirely immovable relative to the substrate structure and comprises, from bottom to top:
- a first layer for providing a first stress against the substrate structure;
- a second layer for providing a second stress against the substrate structure;
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- a third layer for providing a third stress against the substrate structure, wherein the first stress and the third stress belong to one of a tensile stress and a compressive stress, and the second stress belongs to the other of the tensile stress and the compressive stress, wherein:
- the substrate structure comprises:
- a silicon substrate having a plurality of sense circuits;
- and a plurality of sense electrodes, which is arranged in an array on the silicon substrate, corresponds to the sense circuits, and electrically connected to the sense circuits, respectively;
- each of the sense electrodes forms a sense result with a finger, and the sense result is sensed by the chip-type sensor;
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- the protection layer further comprises a polymeric material or ceramic atomic layer applied onto the third layer to provide a hydrophobic and lipophobic surface, which is to be in contact with the finger, so as to prevent a latent fingerprint from being formed thereon.
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